[PDF] Christian Insight Meditation eBook

Author : Mary Jo Meadow
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 44,94 MB
Release : 2007-08-28
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0861715268

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Despite the long history of mysticism within Christianity and its many and varied approaches to meditation and contemplative prayer, more and more Christians have turned to Eastern religions to find a kind of guidance for their interior life that they were not able to find in Christianity. Some have completely abandoned the religion of their childhood, believing they have found the "pearl of great price" in Eastern meditation. Christian Insight Meditation offers an ancient Buddhist meditation practice within a Christian prayer tradition, to teach readers a process of inner purification meant to lead to deeper Christian faith and to the direct vision of God. This wonderful, inspiring book offers reliable guidance and a way for any of us to begin to follow the footsteps of such towering figures as John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila. Readers will soon discover for themselves the power of Christian Insight Meditation to bring inner peace and healing and to deepen and enhance their Christian life, and the inseparable connection between wisdom and compassion known for centuries to both Christian and Buddhist meditators.

Author : John Cowan
Publisher : Liturgical Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 40,65 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9780814627587

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In Taking Jesus Seriously, the words of Jesus become clearer when matched with the practices and insights of Buddhist meditation. This book presents a Christian way to implement the words of Jesus by looking inside to see what stands between the reader and God's kingdom. Cowan connects everyday examples and Jesus' words to the method of Buddhist vipassana or insight meditation by offering instruction, perception, and guidance. With practice, readers can begin to notice what is actual, leave anxiety to the Father, accept pain, and see the world as a child would. This book is designed to be read over twelve weeks while practicing 20-30 minutes of daily meditations. Each chapter includes questions and answers

Author : Susan J. Stabile
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 31,71 MB
Release : 2012-10-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0199862745

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Although raised Roman Catholic, Susan Stabile was ordained as a Tibetan Buddhist nun and devoted 20 years of her life to practicing Buddhism before returning to Catholicism in 2001. In Growing in Love and Wisdom, she draws on this unique dual perspective to explore the value of interreligious dialogue, the spiritual dynamics that operate across faith traditions, and how Buddhist meditation practices can deepen Christian prayer. She begins by examining the values and principles shared by the two faiths and shows that both traditions seek to effect a fundamental transformation in the lives of believers. Both stress the need for experiences with deep emotional resonance that goes beyond the level of concepts to touch the heart. The center of the book offers 15 Tibetan Buddhist contemplative practices, adapted for Christian use. Stabile provides clear instructions on how to do these meditations and helpful commentary on each, explaining its purpose and the relation between the Buddhist original and her Christian adaptation of it. Throughout, she highlights the many remarkably close parallels between the teachings of Jesus and the Buddha. The meditations offered in this unusual book will be extremely useful to thoughtful Christians, to those responsible for giving spiritual direction, and also to Buddhist sympathizers who will be intrigued and pleased to see familiar contemplations handled so skillfully by a former Buddhist practitioner who has gratefully learned so much from her former religion and now introduces the riches of that tradition to her fellow Christians.

Author : Edmund P. Clowney
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 45,96 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781573832274

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What place does meditation have in Christian devotion? Is the same thing as the ?

Author : Kevin G. Culligan
Publisher : Crossroad Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 14,77 MB
Release : 1994
Category : Contemplation
ISBN : 9780824514204

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All Christians who appreciate Buddhist wisdom and their numbers is large will value this way of deepening their prayer life through Christian spirituality and Buddhist meditation.

Author : Achaan Chah
Publisher : Quest Books
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 33,44 MB
Release : 2013-10-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0835630234

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Achaan Chah spent many years walking and meditating in the forest monastery of Wat Ba Pong, engaging in the uncomplicated and disciplined Buddhist practice called dhudanga. A Still Forest Pool reflects the quiet, intensive, and joyous practice of the forest monks of Thailand. Achaan Chah’s humble words, compiled by two Westerners who are former ordained monks, awaken the spirit of inquiry, wonderment, understanding, and deep inner peace. Attachment, according to Achaan Chah, causes all suffering. Understanding the impermanent, insecure, and selfless nature of life is the message he offers for human happiness and realization. To vividly grasp the meaning of attachment leads us to a new place of practice – the path of balance, the Middle Path.

Author : Thomas Ryan
Publisher : Paulist Press
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 32,20 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9780809140565

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A practical "how-to" guide for persons who want to learn how to meditate or practice yoga in a way that is consistent with their Christian faith.

Author : James Finley
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 34,43 MB
Release : 2004-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0060591927

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Mining Christianity's own lineage of contemplatives and mystics, Finley guides readers through an unmatched eight-hour course of original meditations and other practices, fully illuminating this 2,000-year-old path to inner transformation and unity with the divine.

Author : Cynthia Bourgeault
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,61 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Contemplation
ISBN : 1561012629

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Centering Prayer and Inner Awakening is a complete guidebook for all who wish to know the practice of Centering Prayer.

Author : Joseph Goldstein
Publisher : Shambhala Publications
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 37,61 MB
Release : 2003-03-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1590300165

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A leading meditation teacher and the co-founder of the Insight Meditation Society offers “an intelligent, thorough, startlingly clear” overview of Buddhism and Western vipassana practice” (Los Angeles Times) In Insight Meditation, Joseph Goldstein provides an overview of Buddhist practice and its context generally while focusing on vipassana meditation specifically. He covers what the path itself is composed of, how to practice, what freeing the mind is all about, how karma works, the connection between psychology and dharma practice, and a look at what selflessness really is. The concluding chapter is a detailed exploration of how to practice in the world, touching on topics like the art of communication, family relationships, work and livelihood, dying, and how to really be of benefit to others.